22 Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913-18 



country is full of lakes, most of which have fish. This west branch_ is said to 

 come very close to the Coppermine river some distance above the big bend in 

 that river, and the Eskimos sometimes make the portage across. 



"From the foot of Gray's bay the coast runs in a northeasterly direction to 

 Cape Barrow (Hanninik), and is of granite throughout. Three rivers of nearly 

 equal size come out to the coast in this stretch: the Anialik at the southwest 

 comer of Gray's bay; the Kogluktuaryuk opposite the south end, and the 

 Utkusikalluk opposite the north end of Hepburn island (Igluhugyuk). In the 

 country lying between the Kogluktuaryuk and the Utkusikalluk musk-oxen' are 

 still to be found in small numbers, and a group of natives was hunting them 

 near the mouth of the Kogluktuaryuk as we passed there in the spring of 1916. • 

 About the Kogluktuaryuk, the coast and the country for a mile or two inland 

 are low and grassy, but elsewhere the granite comes to the beach and the 

 coimtry is excessively rough.^ Nevertheless, in the numerous tiny valleys there 

 is considerable grass and feed, and caribou are fairly plentiful from March 

 onwards. 



"From the foot of the north arm of Inman harbour (Amaroalligit) there is 

 a very short portage over into Bathurst inlet a short distance north of Galena 

 point. This is the route generally taken by the Eskimos. 



"From Cape Barrow to Detention harbour {Akeahugyuk) the country is 

 granitic. From Detention harbour to Kater point (Naukhiakavik) the country 

 is much broken and indented with deep bays, and there are many wide grassy 

 valleys and flats — as for instance at the foot of Moore bay, where we saw some 

 tents near the mouth of the river (i.e., in the summer of 1915). 



"Practically all of the south and west sides of Arctic sound are open and 

 rather low country. The Hood river (Kattimannik) cbmes in at the southwest 

 side between fairly high mud banks, its mouth spreading out over several square 

 miles of sand flats. At the southeast corner of Arctic sound, there is a small 

 river known as the Kilusiktoh} 



"Banks peninsula is fairly high and rocky (amygdaloid), but has several 

 fair-sized fishing lakes and some grassy valleys. On the east side of Banks 

 peninsula a long sound runs down into "Brown's channel," which is in reaUty a 

 bay with low grassy country at the foot. A fine set of diabase-capped dolomite 

 bluffs from 800 to 1,000 feet runs along the west side of this low land. A small 

 river (Hanningaksiorvik) , running out of a lake a short distance inland, drains 

 the valley. 



"East of this bay as far as we have gone the mainland consists of a red 

 quartzite which makes a rather rough country. On the peninsula forming the 

 west side of "Brown's channel" is a large tidal lake in a stretch of low land. 

 Here, and in small lakes close to it, is a favourite fishing place of the Eskimos. 

 It is also a good place for caribou. 



"With the exception of three, the islands in Bathurst inlet that we visited 

 are so barren and rocky that they are not very much visited by caribou. The 

 three islands that have a fair proportion of grass-land are the two Kannuyak 

 islands and Algak (the island to the south of Igloryuallik), and caribou are 

 plentiful on these islands in the spring-time. Algak, Ekkalulialuk, and the 

 northern Kannuyak island have good fishing lakes. 



"Throughout Bathurst inlet there is good tom-cod fishing anywhere close 

 to the land, especially in bays, channels and near big cliffs. The people we met 

 there were living largely on tom-cod helped out by an occasional caribou, a few 

 lake trout arid a considerable number of squirrels. They catch few, if any, seal 

 in Bathurst inlet in the spring-time." 



'This country is called by the natives Nennildk. 



The whole of the neighbouring district bears the same name. 



